Kuwaiti Opposition Leader Wants Cabinet Questioned Over Constitution

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April 23, 1995

KUWAIT CITY, KUWAIT — A Kuwaiti opposition leader Saturday called for legal action against the government for what he described as its ''outright scorn'' of the constitution. Veteran nationalist leader Ahmad al-Khatib told parliament he wanted the entire Cabinet interrogated by state prosecutors on suspicion of violating their oath of office to uphold the liberal 1962 constitution. His statements are the latest stage in a constitutional dispute between the parliamentary opposition and the government. The opposition accuses the government of trying to diminish the powers of the 50 elected lawmakers, a charge the government denies.